Re-growing food from scraps

I am obsessed with gardening. If you would have told me this was going to happen a year ago, I would have thought you were crazy, but now I'm a freaking gardener and loving every minute. My hands are always dirty, I find my heart skipping a beat every time I see a Home Depot or nursery, and …

How gardening can prevent abusive environments

So I was driving home from one of the school gardens I work in, deep in thought about "Figaro," a certain Fig tree we transplanted last week (The kids gave him that name). I'm often deep in thought after leaving this particular garden because it needs so much work. Since I only visit it once a …